Student Working on FIREBIRD A/B – ELaNa II
Student Ehson Mosleh from Montana State University working on the FIREBIRD’s (Focused Investigations of Relativistic Electron Burst, Intensity, Range, and Dynamics) mission. The mission is intended to provide insight into acceleration and loss processes in the outer Van
Allen radiation belt and to provide hands-on opportunities for undergraduates and graduates to develop flight hardware.
Launched by NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative on the ELaNa II mission as an auxiliary payload aboard the NROL-39 Mission on December 6, 2013.
Image Credit: Montana State University